You don't have to be a man to love Manwich. You also don't have to eat Manwich out of a can. I make a pretty bomb diggity sloppy joe sauce from scratch, and it only takes about 15 minutes to do so. I realize that no one has said bomb diggity since 1998, but it's my blog and I will use old '90s phrases if I want to.
The ingredient round up
Ground beef, turkey, or in this case, veggie crumbles
Olive oil to coat the pan and the sweet potatoes later
Worcestershire sauce
Green pepper and white onion
Brown sugar. Why DO you taste so good? ( C'mon. You were thinking it too.)
1/2 jar or regular pizza sauce
Cheese to melt into the pan later
Buns or rolls
Notice all my markdown stickers? I love me some clearance items.
3 medium sized sweet potatoes
Chop up the sweet potatoes into cubes. Lightly coat with olive oil, salt and pepper. Bake at 425 while making the sloppy joes, because you can't have joes without sweet potater tots.
Chop up the green pepper and onion.
Sweat them in the ban with some olive oil until soft.
Add your meat ( or meat substitute) and the pizza sauce. Also add enough Worcestershire sauce to give it a brownish color, and add about 1/4 cup of brown sugar. The sweetness cuts down the bitterness of the tomatoes, and also adds a nice carmel color.
Finally, melt some cheese into the mix. My name is Kendra, and I am a cheese-a-holic.
Look at that plate. Who's drooling?
Even the munchkins love this one! Enjoy!
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